Snap – we picked the same quote! I like what you’ve made of it, Sanaa, especially the repletion of ‘in response’, which reminds me :of a religious service; the line:
‘I devour rectitude as daily breakfast’
and the internal rhyme in:
‘Oh glancing through the veil of matter,
shall shatter clout of guile’s response’.

The devil is seduuctive and gorgeous. He is supposed to be, otherwise his success rate would not be as good as it is. Use him as a pin cushion or a voodoo doll for those lethally sharp quilled feathers of yours:)